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Facts Worth Remembering.

One thousand shingles laid four inches
to the weather, will cover one hundred feet
of surface, and five pounds of shingle-nails
will fasten them.
One-ffth more siding and flooring is
needed than the number of square feet to
the surface to be covered, because of the
lap in the siding and matching of the
floor.
One thousand laths will cover seventy
yards of surface, and eleven pounds of lath
nails will nail them down.
Eight bushels of good lime, sixteen
bushels of sand, and one bushel of hair
will make enough mortar to plaster one
hundred square yards.
A cord of stones, three bushels of lime
and cubic yard of sand, will lay one
hundred feet of wall.
Five courses of brick will lay one foot
in height on chimney Nine brick in a
course will make fue eight inches wide,
and twenty inches long, and eight bricks
in a course will make hue eight inches
wide, and sixteen long,
A. box twenty-elght inches by sixteen
inches square, and twenty inches deep viii
contain barrel.
A box eight inches square and four and
one-eighth inches deep viii contain {
gallon.
A box four inches by four inches squar'
and four and one-eighth inches deep vii
contain quart.
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The Origin of Silk.
From. The artisan.

From the Artisan.
If we put any trust in tradition, says an
English journal, there is a legend that
Tchin, the eldest son of Japhet, father of
the Asiatic race, taught his children the art
of preparing silk, as well as the arts of
painting and sculpture. Be this as it may,
it is certain that about 5000 years before
the Christian era Chinese book, the
"Ghou-King," described silken cords that
were stretched upon musical instrument
invented by the Emperor Fo-Hi. One of
his successors, Ching Nong, reputed in
ventor of the plough, explained to his con-
temporaries what beautiful stuffs could be
obtained by the cultivation of the mulberry
tree, and about the year B. c. $500 an
Empress, to whom grateful posterity as
signed place in celestial constellation,
perfected the art of unrayeling the cocoon
and weaving. From that time silk culture
had its principal seat near the northern
portion of the Yellow River, in the Prov
ince of Chan Tong There was produced
silk for the royal household. Yellow was
the chosen color for the Emperor, Empress
and Prince Imperial, violet for the other
wives of the Emperor, blue for distinguish
ed officers, red for those less conspicuous
and black for everyone else. In the book
of rites, "Li-Ki," the ceremonies performed
at the harvest are carefully described
Even the Empress did not not disdain to
gather the leaves of the mulberry with hel
own dainty fingers, and watched over the
rearing of the busy toilers of the cocoon
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The Abstemious Arab.

How is it that Arabs contrive to live in
the waterless deserts of that much-talked-
of region? They are to begin with, abb
stemious in their habits, and know every
crcvice and hollow in the hills where water
will collect. They regard this fluid more,
perhaps, in the light of luxury than as a
necessity, and use it with wonderful econo-
my. They would never think Of wasting
it on the exterior of their bodies, and con-
slider that once in forty-eight hours is often
enough to replenish the inner man. Gen
eral Colston tells us that when Bedouins
came to his camp water would often bere-
fused with the remark that the visitor had
drunk yesterday. By cultivating this habit
of abstemiousness, they are able to cover
immense distances, which would be impos-
sible for a European, unless he were ac-
companied by baggage animals.
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Our @liu.
Women Should Never slander.
From the Cleaveland Leader.

From the CLeaUeland Leader.
Pleasant gossip can hurt no one. A re
cital of the happenings about you, regret
at this, word of praise for another is nc
harm, but set your face as flint as soon as
SANDER begins. Check it in your family
and never allow your curiosity to carry you
away to SO undignifed an act as to ask for
any information of the private affairs Of
others.
If you are good woman at heart and
feel this fend tugging at you set yourself
some task that will enlighten your mind,
and try, if it be possible, to realize the
dreadful position you are assuming. I'm
prove your mind, and work as deliberately
to eject this evil spirit from you as you
would fight against the terrible appetite
for strong drink or opium, or any other bad
habit.
A tale-bearer and slanderer in olden
times, was a candidate for the ducking-stooI.
1 think it almost a pity that punishment
was abolished.
"To thine own self be true; and it must
follow, as the night the day, thou canst not
then be false to any man. or woman,
which is of more importance just here.
Try to realize in what undignifed attitude
you are posing when you attempt this role.
"Spirits are not finely touched, but TO fine
issues" and you are Haunting your vulgar
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1 am always sorry for man who knows
how to do but one thing. have seen
many such men. 1 gave ten dollars to one
who could speak and write five or six
languages and translate beautifully; but in
the middle Of hard winter he could not
get living. 1 knew another man who
had preached twenty-five years, till his
throat failed him, and he used to go around
looking very blue and sad, until people
pitied him and got up donation parties for
him, because he was good for nothing ex-
cept to preach. 1 knew LADY who had
taught school for twenty years, till she was
a poor, nervous, broken down woman, and
didn't know how to make dress for her.
self Now, boys and girls, every real man
should know how to do one thing right-well.
Every wise farmer has a principal crop;
but he has always little something else
to live on. Don't carry all your eggs in
one basket. Don't put all your money in
one pocket If you want to get along
right-welI, learn one sort of work to get
along by, and all sorts of work to get a
living with when your one sort gives out.
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For long time this individual indus
try remained the exclusive property Of
the Chinese Empire, but about the third
century before the Christian era military
expedition from China bore the results Of
its civilization to the startled 0ccident
Silk became known in Persia and India,
and was at last brought to Europe. The
soldiers of Crassus, B. G. Sc, saw silken
standards among the Parthians, and few
years later an immense velarium of silk
protected the spectators in the Roman cir
Gus from the rays of the sun. From this
time Romans were always provided with
the beautiful textures which were the ad-
miration of their legends. Yet silk was
still the privileged possession of the rich,
and in the time of Aurelien, who -four
ished in the third century, was worth about
forty times its present value. The enor-
nous price, when considered with the effect
that there was at that time no commerce
between Rome and the Orient, goes far
toward explaining the great boarding of
treasure and jewelry which has since that
time gone on in India. There is dispute
between tradition and history as to the
period when the genuine cocoon was brought
from China to Europe. How was the
vigilance of Celestials thwarted, since the
expectation of the silk-worm from the
Flowery Kingdom was forbidden under
the severest penalties? -? One account states
that in A. D. 552 monks sent to Kotham
by Justinian succeeded in bearing away
their booty concealed in stalks of bamboo
The legend says that once upon time,
when Kotham did not yet possess the pre-
cious bssibyx, the king of one of the prov
inees sought and obtained daughter Of
the Chinese Emperor in marriage. Before
quitting her native land she hid seeds Of
the mulberry and silk-worm's eggs in her
hair, where it would escape the vigilance
of the customs officers on the frontier.
When she reached her new home she
planted seeds of the mulberry in order
that suitable nourishment might be provid-
ed in the leaf for the worms.
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descriptive Articles.
THE ARCTIC REGIONS.
A Trip to the Land of the Midnight sun-Nor'
wegian Scenery and Customs as Observed
by Col. George Bliss.

Since the return of Col. George Bliss
from his summer trip to Norway, which
was made in company of party of friends
in an English nobleman's steam yacht, a
desire has been felt to get some account of
the tour, which is at length been given in
the New York Times:
Mr.. Bliss said that while it was true that
he did go to portions of Europe which are
somewhat out of the current rounds of the
tourist, yet he did not go to any point
which large numbers of tourists, English
and American, do not visit every year, and
therefore did not see that his wanderings
could be of interest to the public. "ln
going along the coast of Norway up to the
North Cape TO see the midnight sun, did,
however, depart, in some measure, from the
ordinary routine" he sale, Echeeause, with
friends, l chartered a steam yacht and
went upon her instead ofupon the ordinary
public conveyance. This mode of seeing
that beautiful coast is very delightful
one, and l wonder that it is not more fire.
quently resorted to by travellers. Ofcourse,
the expenses are larger than travelling in
the usual way, but if a considerable party
join the expenses borne are no larger than
many Americans spending the Summer in
Europe readily assume.
"No steam yachts are to be chartered in
Norway; they have to be chartered in Great
Britain. Our English cousins have no
hesitation in reducing their expenses as
yacht owners by charteriug their yachts to
..,.-. L -: L.. L. =
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Original 4oetrg.
WINTER.
Written for the Democratic Advocate,
BYJsG.

Lo. winter! attended by dreary forms,
With banner of clouds, and shield OF storms
With frowning brow, and a frosty breath,
crowning of blight, and scepter OF death,
He comes he comes with cherries reign,
Der mountain and valley, DER hill and plain.
At his mandate the forests, SO lovely of late,
When by autumn array'd in her trappngs of state
Have their broidery dofTed, and the warbling rill
So melodious and tuneful, is fearfully still;
Every fair smiling field he invests with his pail;
Each river and streamlet his fetters enthrall
Yet it's not in the power of his bidding to crush
From its delicate fountain Affections warm gush;
1t shall still gild the features of sickness and woe,
Shall enkindle with rapture Hopes radient brow,
1t shall glow on forever. effulgent as morn
Eternitys light-of Divinity born.
And It's not in the power of his fetters to bind,
In its lofty aspirings, the heaven-born mind;
Unsullied forever, unclouded with gloom,
Unscathed by the wintry and desolate tomb,
1t shall glow on forever through ages afar,
More sweetly, more brightly, eternity's star
Neto Oxford, Pa. JdnudTy5, 1887.
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Man the Destroyer.

1t is stated that the quagga, the beauti-
full wild striped ass of South Africa, has
suddenly ceased to exist. The bootmakers
of London and New York wanted his skin
for particular kind of sportsman's boot,
and he consequently passed away out of
zoology. There may be few left on the
highest and widest plateaus, but the
Beers, tempted by the high prices, have
extirpated the herds which only ten years
ago existed in South Africa. That WILDE
the fate of the elephant, too, and possibly
of the crocodile. It takes whole provinces
to supply ivory for one advertising firm in
Oxford street, the price is fourfold the
price of quarter of century ago, and
the beasts are hunted with persistency
which in no long time must be fatal The
Indian Government is making efforts to
protect the Asiatic breed, but they will all
be futile. Animals which when dead are
exceedingly valuable contract habit of
dying, and laws establishing close time are
powerless when it is worth while to run the
risk Of breaking them. The crocodile's
skin is used by smokers and pursemakers,
and so he will disappear. Whatever
Europe wants, Europe will have; and if the
fashion of turning tigers claws into
brooches had developed and spread TO
America, tigers would have perished out.
There will soon not be bird of paradise
on earth, and the ostrich has only been
saved by private breed2 Man will not
wait for the cooling of the woR|IiU 70 con.
sumo everything in it, from tea
humming birds, and century d
will find himself perplexed by 4
which there is nothing except
makes. He is poor sort of Cfe
THE iSDectdtor.
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The superiority Of man to nature needs
an immense quantity Of quilts to make a
goose with; but man can make goose
of himself with one,
Happiness is a shy nymph, and if you
chase her you will never catch her. But
just go quietly on and do your duty, and
she viii come to you,
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steaming or Frost on Windows.

A correspondent of the Warehouseman
and Draper gives the following instructions
for preventing steaming, or frost on win
dows Get tube the exact length of the
window-say one inch in diameter with
small rest to keep it in one position at each
end; have it made with as many small holes
along the top edge as convenient, the more
the better, but let them be as small as can
be made, like the point of a needle, in fact,
and on the gas stove principle, where only
blue flame will show, not white, and convey
the gas either in at both ends or in at
centre, carried from tap at side from
hs6a- of window, where a small indiaA
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A remedy for the Epizooty. which has

A remedy fog the Epizooty, which has
been raging on TIE AtIa1tic coast of Co
lombia, is said, in dispatch from Panama,
to have been found greatly successful. 1t
is thus described: "The animal must be
properly bled, by making an incisiOu in the
principal vein of the neck, and while the
blood continues to exude, the animal must
be bathed with cold water, and drench.
consisting of four ounces of table salt and
ten ounces Of lime juice, must be admins
tered, to be followed by large quantity
of cold water. Three or four hours after
wards second bath must be given the
animal, and soon afterwards it will be
found to show evidences of reviving vitali-
ty About three pounds of blood should
be taken from the animal. The bath must
be repeated about four hours after the first
application and again on the following day,
when bucket Of salt water should be
given it to drink, and within very few
days complete cure viii have been ef-
fected" Should this report prove correct,
this discovery will prove boon to cattle
farmers.
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The more we help others to bear their
burdens the. lighter our own will be.
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the other, and - yhree-elghth
holes, not on top, as other, but on side
facing inside of shop, and light the gas
through these holes, and the heat, once
generated here, will only require the small
est possible quantity of gas to keep away
the steam off the glass. If thetemporary-
tube principle be adopted the whole ar
rangement can be dispensed with when not
required.
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attire to be presenS
watch the respective couples
country dance, which is the invarlaUfe
opening of such events On Review Sun
day the unmarried girls and young men,
after the morning service, walk up and
down staring at one another tc their hearts
content. Having made up their minds
whom to select on the following Sunday,
the youths, with the politest bows ipf5gin-
able, salute the fair ones, and judge from
the way in which their courtesy is respond
ed to whether success or defeat is to be
their lot. The third Sunday is devoted to
the less romantic task of obtaining the
consent of the parents and arranging in
business-like fashion the details of the mar
rage settlement. The stern hearts ofthose
in authority having been satisfactorily sub
dued, all the following week the parson Is
busy at marrying but not until Possession
Sunday comes round are the happy be
throthed permitted more than an affection
ate gage or, at most, tender squeeze of
the hand.-Notes and Queries.
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The Scientific American states that plush
goods and all articles dyed with analine
colors, faded from exposure to light, viii
look bright as ever after being sponged
with chloroform. W
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November Marriages in Holland.
Of the II months in the year November
is reckoned in certain villages in Holland
to be by far the mostimportant. The four
Sundays of this month are known respec-
lively as RsGisM Sunday, Decision Sunday,
-; md Possession Sunday
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u uty- lui uooieiii0h Al
heir yachts in the hands
artering. There are in
here men whose business
|ht yachts, and any one is
a yacht for charter such
J wishes. There are all
lions. A yacht which is
is apt to have been allowed
not to be in so good a
well equipped as a yacht
} gentleman who for the
pg his expenses rents 1t
the year when he docs
% use it. There is very
rice for the chartering of
he owner gets from 3Os.
r month per ton. For
gssel, his Captain, engi-
erew, and feeds them.
es for repairs, while the
be coal and engine room
nd of course food for
In general it may be
pr pays the expenses,
consequence of his
EowHeE the per-
burance is an item
lne, and sometimes
lfer to insist that it
u obtain ordinarily
hour. As there
hands you cannot
very rarely upon
that you desire to
.ful scenery to be
Getting across
involves disagree
fharterers prefer
BAT Britain and
) to a point on
} the yacht can
figures that a
well, can char
with sufficient
y, and use her
time necessary
aggregate ex-
100 to $4,000.
llways be got
sufficient sup
lat is south of
season, usual
Along the
from from
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ting, some
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ter. 1t is
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fresh milk
eggs, and
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chor.
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IS for the
5. Even
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There is
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4 part
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lge this
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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-05-30
The Capitol.


20 n4uite fail to understand the abuse
which some of our newspapers heap upon
the state capitol building, or the justifica
ton they have for saying that it is a tum
ble down and rickety concern that ought
to be done away with. The Philadelphia
Times is one Of these. We have seen no such
indication about the capitol structure. L,
appears to be well built and substantial. 1t
has not the gew.gaws of modern architec.
ture about it, but is bandsomer in its
modest unpretentiousness than more am.
bilious capitols are in their ostentatious
flnery.
We beg to say to the Times that city
which produces the monstrosity known as
the city hall, and which after fifteen years
Of building and more than that many mil
lions of expenditure, can show nothing
better worth the time and money should not
have word to say about the capitol build.
ing. 1t should be dumb as the oyster.
While the capitol stands upon the hill at
Harrisburg, the building now there should
stand. 1t is good enough for all ages.
When the capital is removed from Harris
burg, as it probably will be some day, we
will build new building and pray then for
deliverance from sbortive architecture.
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Love and tears I II the Blue,
Tears and love for the Grty.


SECRETARY WHITNEY SAYS that all the
New York Democrats will be found Justify
cheering for Cleveland next year.
EDWARD COOPER and Mrs Abram Hewitt
have contributed $3.50, 900 TO the Cooper
Union endowment in New York.
VERY Rev. CHARLES p. O'CoNNoR, d. d.,
rector of St Mlchaei's Catholic church
Philadelphia, died on Sunday in his forty.
eighth year
JOHN g. LINYlLLE, OF Gap, secretary of
the Agricultural society, has gone on a lon Q
trip. He will go by easy stages to California.
thence to Portland, Oregon, and, in all prob.
ability, will there embark for Alaska He
will ne gone Ali summer.
3. W. MITMAN, theological student in
the Reformed seminary At Lancaster, will
take the plsce of Rev. Rufus W Miller, az.
slstsnt pastor OF the Second Reformed
church, Reading, while the latter is travel
ing In Europe during the summer.
EDWARD ATKINSON, the economist, whose
achievements include the in vention OF cook /.
ing sppNstus by which hs believes q man
can live on six or eight cents worth of food q
dav,conclues that the ttest in scr pton for h ia
can psnp'e how to stew"
PROFESSOR OSWALD SEIDENsTICKER
VINO mas been look ing into ths early history
OF Gernsn journalism In Pennsy vsnis, has
Ieulned To Philadelphia greatly pleased
| WIN the results Ot his visit, having .acnred
| oViu.hce OF great historic value He WAS
aided In his search by Or j. 81 Dnhhs snd
| Mr.. John Sener oo' "no
| rDifoR WILLIAM O'BRIEN speak inc tn
crowded nous. IN Boston on Saturday. said
Aneiican sympathy Is no new thing 10 Ir,.
iaho, iof II has been the day star of our horas
| IN many dark hour. / know no iivins,
force that has had such q magical etisct as
American opinion in nsrvins the great nsars T
| OF william Ewsrt Gladstone and our own
| mstcbless leader, Charles rtswart ParneiI
God bless and guard them both! why do i
say American opinion IL OF such much
weight? Because America IL the land of tbs
future. the land of the free and any cause ths,
commends itself 10 the hearts and sym psthie.
OF 60, OO0, 900 OF American tresmen-that cause
can no more fail than the pro-slsvery mob, u
which our chairman just alluded, could to day
fast@n the links upon the slaves WHOM
America set free I"
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DIR. EGE, of Berks county, having been
convicted in Lebanon county OF practising
his profession there without registration
according to law, the supreme court has
affirmed the legality of the conviction.
Whereupon doctors will beware oftravelling
out OF their Daiivick. The law is intended
to keep quscks at home, and may ssrve
useful purpose. There are Gil sorts OF fellows
In the medical profession, and 1t is just ss we'll
to keep them on their own dunghlll. Such
extortioners a. Dr.. Weir Mitchell, OF Phila
adelphis, who came to Lancaster lately for
an hour or two and charged five hundred
dollars, ought to oe kept at home to prey
on the lambs in their own pasture